Sri Lanka’s record-smashing Murali reveals secret of success
February 6, 2009 (AFP) - History-making Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan says mental toughness and hard work are the keys to success in international …
Sri Lanka mob stones Red Cross office
February 6, 2009 (AFP) - A mob stoned the main office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on Friday, smashing …
Sri Lanka rupee touch 114.05 in tom trade; CB T-bill stock Rs162bn
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Sri Lanka stocks slump
Feb 05, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shares slumped Thursday, dragged down by losses in blue chips with trading likely to remain choppy as investors take advantage …
Port Bids
Feb 05, 2009 (LBO) - The Sri Lanka Ports Authority has issued a long-awaited call for bids for a container terminal in a new deep-draft port being built next …
Sri Lanka Galle literary festival; journeys back in time
Feb 05, 2009 (LBO) - A blond woman in China with an unusual history; airline passengers armed to the teeth, crowded into a rickety Russian plane in …
Darwin at 200: World salutes founder of evolutionary theory
PARIS, February 5, 2009 (AFP) - Two hundred years ago, in a wealthy household in rural England, a child was born who, in a quiet, dogged and utterly peaceful …
Fossil of world’s biggest snake found in Colombia
PANAMA CITY, February 5, 2009 (AFP) - Scientists have found a 60-million-year-old fossil of the world's largest snake, a 13-meter (42-foot), one-tonne behemoth …
Sri Lanka combatants must declare truce, evacuate civilians: Canada
Feb 05, 2009 (LBO) - Canada has called for the warring parties in Sri Lanka to declare a truce to evacuate the wounded civilians and for the Tigers to lay down …
Sri Lanka offers amnesty to Tamil Tigers: PM
February 5, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is offering an amnesty to Tamil Tiger rebels who lay down arms and surrender to government forces, Prime Minister Ratnasiri …
Sri Lanka fighting kills 52 civilians: UN
February 4, 2009 (AFP) - At least 52 civilians were killed in Sri Lanka in shelling in one location on Tuesday, a UN spokesman said Wednesday, as the only …
Sri Lanka war triggers strike in Indian Tamil state
NEW DELHI, February 4, 2009 (AFP) - Opposition political parties in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu called a general strike Wednesday to protest civilian …
Sri Lanka leader urges diaspora to return
Feb 04, 2009 (LBO) - President Mahinda Rajapaksa has urged Sri Lankans who left the island because of war to return to help rebuild the nation and revive its …
US, Britain call for ‘temporary no-fire’ in Sri Lanka
WASHINGTON, February 3, 2009 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her British counterpart David Miliband called here Tuesday for a "temporary …
Sri Lanka bill yields edge up
Feb 03, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Treasury bill yields edged up at Tuesday's auction with a larger volume of bills being sold compared to a week earlier, the …
Sri Lanka stocks down again
Feb 03, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shares were dragged down again Tuesday by losses in index heavy stocks with earnings that companies have begun to report for …
Support Package
Feb 03, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is developing a policy support package for registered finance and leasing companies that are facing liquidity problems, …
Ambiguity
Feb 03, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank says the 'ambiguity' behind a suspension of payments on oil derivatives sold to state-run Ceylon Petroleum …
Sri Lanka Galle Face group to build resort on Maldive island
Feb 03, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Galle Face Hotels Group plans to build a 100-room luxury resort hotel on an atoll in the Maldivian archipelago, a senior …
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NEW DELHI, February 3, 2009 (AFP) - India has unveiled plans to produce a laptop computer costing just 10 dollars in a bid to improve the skills of millions of …